Isaac
Laughter
Our names are more than just what we are called.
God gave names, or changed names, in Scripture,
in the lives of those whose names were changed. Do
up to the character of that name? Or, do you feel
English spelling: Isaac
Hebrew Transliteration: Yitschaq
Hebrew Spelling: יִצחָק
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from tsachaq meaning laughter, play, make sport
from a primitive root word meaning to laugh
outright (in merriment or scorn)
Genesis 17:17, 19, 21
Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to him who is
one hundred years old? Will Sarah, who is ninety years old, give birth?"... God said, "No, but Sarah,
your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him
for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him. ... But my covenant I establish with Isaac, whom
Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year."
Isaac’s name comes from what both his mother and father did when they learned that Sarah would be
having a son at ninety years old, not from an indication that his life would be filled with humor.
Isaac’s purpose was set, regardless of the name given him.
We can think of Isaac’s name when God gives us a prophecy that we know is humanly impossible,
and then laugh with pleasure when it comes about.
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